Jan 16th A patent is given for the first refrigerated railroad car to William Davis
Feb 24th The house of Representatives votes in favor of impeaching President Johnson; he is acquitted in the Senate
Mar 21st Jesse & Frank James along with Jim & Cole Younger rob the Southern Bank of Kentucky
Apr 24th John Millian, a French drifter, is found guilty of murder and hanged in Virginia City, VA for the death of prostitute, Julia Bulette. A huge throng witness the hanging, including Mark Twain.
Apr 29th Red Cloud signs the Treaty of Ft. Laramie (Sioux Treaty) of 1868, giving the Lakota Black Hills, SD
May 30th First observance of Memorial Day
Jun 23rd A workable typewriter is patented by C.L. Sholes (uses the QWERTY keyboard)
Jun 25th Congress establishes the 8 hour work day
Jul 14th The first tape measure is patented
Jul 25th Wyoming becomes a U.S. territory
Jul 28th The 14th Amendment is adopted guaranteeing full citizenship to all persons in the U.S. due process of law
Sep 17-25 Battle of Beecher's Island: 50 soldiers attacked by about 500 Sioux & Cheyenne warriors
September Louisa May Alcott publishes Little Women
November Over the past 2 months Indian raids on settlers have resulted in 147 settlers killed, 57 wounded, 14 women raped, 426 women & children taken captive, 24 ranches burned & 11 stagecoaches attacked in KS & TX
Nov 3rd Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horatio Seymour in the Presidential election in a landslide victory
Nov 27th Battle of Washita River: Lt Col George Custer attacks a band of Cheyenne living on a reservation, killing 103 Cheyenne
Dec 25th President Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Civil War rebels
Other
Reconstruction era (1865-1877)
Railroad construction: 30,000 miles of track are laid from 1867-1873
George Westinghouse invents railroad air brakes
Births
Jan 21st Felix Hoffman (Chemist/Discoverer of Aspirin)
Nov 24th Scott Joplin (Pianist/"King of Ragtime")
Dec 20th Harvey Firestone (Businessman/Founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.)
Deaths
Jun 1st James Buchanan (15th President)
Mar 4th Jesse Chisholm (Scout/Indian Language Interpreter/Cherokee Trader)
May 23rd Kit Carson (Indian Fighter, Agent/Mountain Man/Trapper/Guide)
